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SAMUEL ALLISON, OF LONDONDERRY, N. H. 43
of the original grantees of land, or those to whom the charter
of the town was given June 22, 1722, so he is called
Charter Samuel Allison, and many of the name in Vermont
and Massachusetts, as well as nearly all in New Hampshire,
are descended from him.
Fourteen of the settlers of Londonderry, of which he was
one, received a grant of five hundred and ninety-four acres of
land, bounding on Corbett's Pond, in the Range, in that portion
of Londonderry which is now Windham, on May 22,
1728. This Amendment land, which fell to Mr. Allison, he
sold to Alexander Park, the emigrant ancestor of the Park
family of Windham, Oct. 8, 1734, and it is, in 1893, the
homestead farm of George Franklin Armstrong.
In 1758 he and his only son signed a memorial asking the
number of taverns to be restricted. His home farm was situated
about one half mile south-east of the church on the
hill in East Derry, N. H., and between the farms of two
other emigrants, John Morison and Thomas Steele. It is, in
1893, included in the large and spacious farm of Col. George
W. Lane. It was situated upon that elevated ridge and
swell of land which can be seen from distant points. He
married, in Ireland, Katherine Steele, presumably a sister of
his neighbor, Thomas Steele, who had married Martha Mor-
ison, a sister of John and James Morison, his neighbors.
UjDon that high elevation, commanding a magnificent view
of the country for miles around, for many years Mr. Allison
and these allied families lived in the closest intimacy and
neighborly communion. There he and his wife died. His
will was made Aug. 15, 1760, he being then very sick, and
proven Sept. 10, 1760. Fac-simile of his autograph as shown
in his will :
The ancient cemetery on the hill in East Derry, near
where the first church stood, is holy ground to descendants
of the first settlers of Londonderry. Its memorial stones are
very rich in historic and family lore. A few rods from the
main entrance, on the north side of the principal walk and
near thereto, Samuel Allison, and his wife, Katherine Steele,
lie
sleeping. Near them rest James and John Morison, Justice
James McKean, David Steele, Rev. James McGregor,
who were their friends, relatives, neighbors, and pastor, in